so i built a new computer but it wont turn on at all... i connected everything like im supposed to but when i hit the power button nothing happens

i think either the power supply... it came with the case

OR

i connected the wires for the power switch to the MB wrong

this is all i could find on the MB's website



i got one power switch
one reset switch
one LED +
one LED -
and harddrive LED i think

can someone help me out?

Have you tried pulling the PLED connector off and then rotating the PWRSW connector so that the colored wire is where they say ground should go?

Front panels are a pain. I just flip crap around until I can get the computer turned on via switch and then with it on adjust the LEDs as needed.

if you need to check the power supply and/or motherboard just get a paperclip or screwdriver and connect the pins needed to power on the system.

make you have something non-conductive to hold the paperclip if you use that.

Oh Damn, I hated getting that right on my rig.

I usually read the manual and tried to figure out as best I could what goes where, but I always end up just moving the plugs around randomly until I get it right.

ive tried every combination and it just wont work arrggg

Connect green to ground (black).


Won't matter, it's only a signal line, you'd be hard pressed to hurt yourself.

Leprachauns.

This was clearly the work of lepprachauns.

Just making sure, don't want to be the cause of frying someone's brain out in the case of bad wiring

but yeah, in theory you should be fine to do it without any form of insulation.

Or just do it with a flathead screwdriver like I always have, and avoid the possibility altogether. :p

We, or at least I, were referring to testing the power supply itself separate from the board.

I brought it to the IT team at my mom's work it wasnt any of the things stated above

it was a ****in jumper on the board that had to be moved over another slot

WTF!!!!!!